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enCreate a healthy ecosystem in your own yardhttp://courier-tribune.com/thrive-magazine/home-and-garden/create-healthy-ecosystem-your-own-yard
(StatePoint) This season, help promote a healthy ecosystem by learning to identify and control damaging plants and insects in your yard.Tue, 23 Jun 2015 19:31:44 +0000172246 at http://courier-tribune.comFlowers define the seasonhttp://courier-tribune.com/thrive-magazine/features/flowers-define-season
Beautiful flowers explode in the landscape like earth-bound fireworks. In July, the full potential of Summer is realized with the unfurling of each blossom.Tue, 23 Jun 2015 19:24:14 +0000172221 at http://courier-tribune.comCreate your own woodland gardenhttp://courier-tribune.com/thrive-magazine/home-and-garden/create-your-own-woodland-garden
When you look beyond the azalea, daffodils, forsythia and rhododendrons, Spring can present a number of seldom-thought-of possibilities — especially for those looking to fill their shady natural areas.Fri, 01 May 2015 01:00:40 +0000159821 at http://courier-tribune.comTime to move outdoors againhttp://courier-tribune.com/thrive-magazine/home-and-garden/time-move-outdoors-again
Time to bring that outdoor furniture back out into the sunshine. But, yuck, what a mess it can be, especially if you didn’t do a good job of cleaning it last year.Fri, 01 May 2015 00:57:52 +0000159816 at http://courier-tribune.comLiving sculpture Make your own with a bit of patiencehttp://courier-tribune.com/thrive-magazine/home-and-garden/living-sculpture-make-your-own-bit-patience
Nothing stands out in the garden like a well done topiary. Topiary is the art of pruning plants, whether tree or shrub, into a living sculpture. When the plant is pruned and trained against a support (like a wall, fence or trellis) it is said to be espaliered. All espaliered plants are pruned topiaries; not all topiaries are espaliered.Fri, 26 Dec 2014 19:53:39 +0000129541 at http://courier-tribune.comBuild a custom Christmas tree from the ground uphttp://courier-tribune.com/thrive-magazine/build-custom-christmas-tree-ground
Sometimes you just can’t find a small tree to suit your purposes. Or, maybe you want to stretch the limits of your creativity and make your own. If you have access to plenty of evergreen material, there’s no reason not to give it a try.Wed, 19 Nov 2014 18:10:55 +0000121401 at http://courier-tribune.comTesting your patience: Growing your own pecans can be worth the efforthttp://courier-tribune.com/thrive-magazine/testing-your-patience-growing-your-own-pecans-can-be-worth-effort
Holiday baking may have you thinking, “Hey, I should grow my own pecans.”Tue, 04 Nov 2014 23:11:41 +0000117951 at http://courier-tribune.comSome home improvements can improve your healthhttp://courier-tribune.com/thrive-magazine/some-home-improvements-can-improve-your-health
Small changes to your surroundings can have a strong impact on mood and overall health, say experts. A relatively new movement in design and construction, called “designing for health,” aims to make homes and communities have positive impacts on the way people live, work and play.Mon, 22 Sep 2014 05:06:13 +0000107516 at http://courier-tribune.comPlant ‘em if you got ‘em: Expanding the possibilities of pumpkinshttp://courier-tribune.com/thrive-magazine/plant-em-if-you-got-em-expanding-possibilities-pumpkins
Nothing says Fall like pumpkins. But pumpkins aren’t just for Jack-o-Lanterns and pies any more. Just ask Martha Stewart or, better still, local creative folks like Sue Bates at Herb-n-Garden.Mon, 22 Sep 2014 05:06:05 +0000107511 at http://courier-tribune.comFrom the ‘Edge of the World’: Local farmer creates healthy optionshttp://courier-tribune.com/thrive-magazine/edge-world-local-farmer-creates-healthy-options
Hidden in the middle of 53 wooded acres with a scattering of pastures and ponds live Henrietta Cummings and her husband, Rick.Fri, 22 Aug 2014 18:17:20 +0000100891 at http://courier-tribune.comBringing indoor comfort outside: Make outdoor space an extension of your homehttp://courier-tribune.com/thrive-magazine/bringing-indoor-comfort-outside-make-outdoor-space-extension-your-home
The arrival of Summer, along with its sunny skies and beautiful weather, beckons homeowners to create a space to entertain guests and enjoy the great outdoors. Design an outdoor living room that merges style and function, and incorporates elements of indoor comfort.Mon, 14 Jul 2014 14:05:14 +000092101 at http://courier-tribune.comHow her garden grows: Sue Baltes’ shop is straight out of a fairy talehttp://courier-tribune.com/thrive-magazine/how-her-garden-grows-sue-baltes-shop-straight-out-fairy-tale
Sue Baltes is having the time of her life at Herb N Garden, a cozy little shop tucked behind Brightside Gallery at the corner of Worth and Cox streets in downtown Asheboro.Mon, 14 Jul 2014 14:05:04 +000092096 at http://courier-tribune.comFrom concept to realityhttp://courier-tribune.com/thrive-magazine/concept-reality
Greensboro artist Bill Mangum has been in the art community for over 30 years in the same location on Lawndale Drive. His gallery has gone through four iterations but has never left the shopping center where Mangum started out in 1982.Mon, 16 Jun 2014 14:25:15 +000086736 at http://courier-tribune.comCarolina Preserves: A collaboration between Klaussner Home Furnishings and Bill Mangumhttp://courier-tribune.com/thrive-magazine/carolina-preserves-collaboration-between-klaussner-home-furnishings-and-bill-mangum
Bill Mangum, “North Carolina’s Artist,” has devoted his long, successful career to recording the beauty of his native state, from the Atlantic coast to the rugged Blue Ridge mountains.Mon, 16 Jun 2014 14:25:05 +000086741 at http://courier-tribune.comEasy projects add color to the homehttp://courier-tribune.com/thrive-magazine/easy-projects-add-color-home
Celebrate the uplifting colors of Summer with easy-to-make crafts that bring inspiration and creativity to the home.Mon, 09 Jun 2014 17:12:04 +000085706 at http://courier-tribune.comMaia and the orb weaverhttp://courier-tribune.com/thrive-magazine/maia-and-orb-weaver
One brilliantly sunny Autumn morning Maia sat in the purple velvet chair by our bedroom window while I made the bed. We were chatting about this and that when suddenly she excitedly exclaimed, “Hey, mom! Come look at this!”Mon, 28 Apr 2014 15:22:12 +000080461 at http://courier-tribune.comRoom to grow: Azaleas carpet the South in Springhttp://courier-tribune.com/thrive-magazine/room-grow-azaleas-carpet-south-spring
Beyond magnolias and dogwoods, azaleas are perhaps one of the plants most strongly associated with Southern landscapes.Mon, 28 Apr 2014 15:13:29 +000080441 at http://courier-tribune.comOut where the wild woods grow: The beauty can be right at your feethttp://courier-tribune.com/thrive-magazine/out-where-wild-woods-grow-beauty-can-be-right-your-feet
This year before rushing out to the garden center for the latest hybrid, take a walk through the woods for inspiration from native wildflowers.Wed, 19 Mar 2014 03:47:07 +000075526 at http://courier-tribune.comBrighten your home: Use updated thrift store findshttp://courier-tribune.com/thrive-magazine/brighten-your-home-use-updated-thrift-store-finds
Whether you are looking for ways to update a room or just bored with your interiors after the long dreary Winter months stuck indoors, the perfect way to brighten any space is with a new colorful lamp. If a new lamp is not in the budget, simply add color by painting an existing lamp base with Annie Sloan Chalk Paint or adding a beautiful decorative fabric to an existing shade to bring it back to life.Tue, 21 Jan 2014 19:04:48 +000068576 at http://courier-tribune.comFrom China with love: Camellias brighten Winter days with colorful flowershttp://courier-tribune.com/thrive-magazine/china-love-camellias-brighten-winter-days-colorful-flowers
While we all don’t have the room for greenhouse camellias like Dr. John Cameron, we can still enjoy the beauty of a plant that blooms in the depth of late Fall and in Winter.Mon, 16 Dec 2013 17:17:38 +000064621 at http://courier-tribune.com